Trouble finding like minded neighbors

[Ridgebilly Gal]

Just venting: We moved here in 2019 and have been working on our house and homestead ever since. I now have my garden, orchard, craft studio, and poultry (chickens and turkeys) all doing well. I love hatching my eggs and putting the extras in the freezer, I love canning my garden produce, I love working on crafts, love grinding my own wheat berries and making sourdough bread, cooking from scratch, and reading and learning about such things. I have no one that I know that is into the same things I am. Oh I have friends and they find my interests "cute" but I can't talk to them about it. They don't want to hear about soil microbiome or stage of egg development. So, I enjoy their company and listen to what they want to talk about but I'm hungry for a senior like myself that gets what I'm passionate about. I mean, my husband is sick of listening to me (no he didn't say that but I can see his eyes glaze over). Do you have a circle of chicken friends or whatever you are into?

 

[Anon112]

If you have a library reasonably close, you might reserve a room, put up some fliers, and try hosting a "chicken keepers get together" or something of the like. I found some local people with similar interests when I joined my local low-waste living group.

 

[Ridgebilly Gal]

If you have a library reasonably close, you might reserve a room, put up some fliers, and try hosting a "chicken keepers get together" or something of the like. I found some local people with similar interests when I joined my local low-waste living group.

What a great idea, thank you!

 

[Anon112]

What a great idea, thank you!

Easier said than done, I know (I've been wanting to start a cinema group for ages). But it is fun discovering that people who share your interests are closer than you might think, but you might not otherwise cross paths with them.